Mrs. Fitzwater had been hospitalized for six weeks following a heart attack and death was attributed to heart failure.

She was born April 1, 1905, in Indianapolis, Ind. to James B. Griffith, Sr. and Myrtle Woodyard Griffith. She lived for a time in Casper while her father was editor of the Casper Tribune.

In 1934 she married Ray Vaughn and lived many years in Bowling Green, Ohio. She married Ralph Fitzwater in Angola, Ind., in 1962 and after two years in Tucson, Ariz., the family moved to Lusk to make their home.